A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pork Wrenches
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-09-23
latest 2018-09-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.97
last 3 Master vs avg 609.97 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.27 · weakest Brisket (143.97)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
Master avg
609.97 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Pork Wrenches has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4514 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Pork Wrenches did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pork Wrenches on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 154.2744 | 158.27 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2284 | 149.7028 | 152.72 | top 91% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 147.9428 | 155.02 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8000 | 140.0000 | 143.97 | top 96% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 3 | 48 | 0 | top 91% | 2018-09-21 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-09-23 → 2018-09-21
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.27 · weakest Brisket (143.97)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
609.97
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
16–159 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1592
average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests
Power rating
1472
peak 1472 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1489) Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- 2017
- Career-best overall score630.1600 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7144 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- 2018
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
| -8.3 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2017-09-22 |
| -8.3 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2018-09-21 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-21 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 54 / 59 (601.5428) | 55 (154.2744) | 52 (154.2284) | 57 (147.9428) | 56 (145.0972) |
| 2017-09-22 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 48 / 55 (630.1600) | 33 (165.7144) | 48 (154.2284) | 41 (163.4172) | 54 (146.8000) |
| 2016-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 60 / 64 (598.2060) | 60 (154.8116) | 62 (149.7028) | 61 (153.6916) | 61 (140.0000) |